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Toranomon Hospital

In research, Toranomon Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,802 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,920 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,360 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Hematology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Nephrology is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,311
of 28,054 · #8,162 all time
Rank in Japan
#254
of 1,070
Research works
4.3k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Toranomon Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,802 of 10,443 7.1%490 #2125
Health SciencesDomain #3,920 of 11,982 7.2%497 #2717
SurgerySubfield #1,360 of 1,816 8.0%85 #1373
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,069 of 1,144 5.6%71 #1425

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toranomon Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,125 #2,802
  2. Health Sciences#2,717 #3,920
  3. Surgery#1,373 #1,360
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,425 #1,069
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Toranomon Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 22.4 works18×
  2. HematologySubfield · 22.6 works13×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 70.8 works7.9×
  4. OncologySubfield · 44.1 works6.7×
  5. SurgerySubfield · 85.3 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.38× its world share, 490 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toranomon Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenji Ikeda, Yasuhiro Takeuchi and Yusuke Kawamura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toranomon Hospital.

  1. 1 Kenji Ikeda Japan · #6,023 worldwide 715 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Yasuhiro Takeuchi Japan · #37,460 worldwide 982 citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Yusuke Kawamura Japan · #75,936 worldwide 172 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Yoshio Hoshihara Japan · #111,166 worldwide 145 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Fumi Takemoto Japan · #157,786 worldwide 108 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Kōji Nakanishi Japan · #215,134 worldwide 160 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Shigemoto Nakanishi Japan · #216,067 worldwide 101 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Kazushige Sakaguchi Japan · #261,427 worldwide 98 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Junichi Shindoh Japan · #343,716 worldwide 63 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Shinichiro Nishiyama Japan · #359,141 worldwide 124 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Toranomon Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Toranomon Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy and Endoscopic Resection.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology73▲ 3.2×83 topics
  2. Chemotherapy50▲ 12×23 topics
  3. Treatment44▲ 6.3×31 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines39▲ 12×14 topics
  5. Diagnosis38▲ 7.1×31 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors38▲ 15×14 topics
  7. Inflammation37▲ 3.0×59 topics
  8. Immunotherapy32▲ 7.7×18 topics
  9. Endoscopic Resection28▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy27▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Survival Analysis26▲ 17×7 topics
  12. Molecular Characterization25▲ 24×6 topics
  13. Management22▲ 4.9×22 topics
  14. Gastric Cancer22▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations21▲ 8.5×19 topics
  16. Surgical Management21▲ 8.7×15 topics
  17. Adjuvant Therapy19▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.9×24 topics
  19. Surgery18▲ 8.7×8 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy17▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 6.5×8 topics
  22. Complications16▲ 5.6×14 topics
  23. Lymph Node Dissection16▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Metastatic Gastric Cancer16▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.4×22 topics
  26. Hematopoietic Stem Cells16▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Hepatocellular Carcinoma16▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis16▲ 4.5×9 topics
  29. PET Imaging15▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Chemoradiation14▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy14▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease14▲ 9.6×7 topics
  33. Prognosis13▲ 7.0×9 topics
  34. Imatinib Mesylate13▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Breast Cancer12▲ 9.0×10 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 7.4×9 topics
  37. Barrett's Esophagus12▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Esophageal Carcinoma12▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Survival11▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Radiofrequency Ablation11▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Toranomon Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…16Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 16 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…12Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 12 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor R…11Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 11 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…9Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 9 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 9 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 8 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…8Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 8 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 8 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 7 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…6Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryGastroenterologyHepatology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 12 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 11 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 9 works
  5. 5 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 9 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 8 works
  7. 7 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 8 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 8 works
  9. 9 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 6 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toranomon Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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